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Bill Dries On Demand: Just Posted

Mayor Young to propose property-tax hike, says city faces $30M shortfall
 
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“I think it’s time for us to step into a new reality,” he told a crowd of several hundred at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. “I’m going to ask for a tax increase.”

 
 

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries

Reporter

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.

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